Biooxidations in Chiral Synthesis

Enzyme-mediated oxidation reactions offer highly diverse options for the modification of existing functional groups as well as for the introduction of novel function in chiral catalysis. Biooxidations often enable us to obtain complementary solutions to metal-assisted transformations and organocatalysis and are considered one of the important strategies of green chemistry . 

The literature describing the characterization and exploitation of a large diversity of biooxidation catalysts has become very rich in recent years and is comprehensively covered by books and reviews in journals [9-15]. Consequently, the current chapter sets out to highlight a few representative and recent examples covering major developments in the field since the beginning of this millennium. The major focus 

Several reaction types and functional group transformations will be outlined in the following sections with a major emphasis on those biocatalytic processes of major impact on enantioselective synthesis and chiral product preparation. 

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